North Korea has reached QuarterFinals in 1966 World Cup. They were not that bad either in 2010 World Cup. The only reason their FIFA rankings is low is that because of political reasons, many countries do not play with them. So their International experience is solely on World Cup and AFC qualifiers.
Qatar has some really good tie up with Real Madrid it seems..all their youth teams go to practice there and play against their B youth teams which really helps..
The 16-nation biennial competition, which was launched as the AFC U-22 Championship last year, has also been renamed as the AFC U-23 Championship and serves as the Olympics qualifiers in every alternate edition. Top three teams from the 2016 edition will represent Asia at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
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They already qualified for wc before right
A: Iraq, Oman, Bahrain, Lebanon, Maldives
B: Jordan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan*,Turkmenistan
C: Saudi Arabia, Iran*, Nepal, Palestine, Afghanistan
E: Syria, Uzbekistan, INDIA Bangladesh*
F: Australia, Myanmar, Chinese Taipei*, Hong Kong
G: North Korea, Thailand, Cambodia, Philippines
H: South Korea, Indonesia*, Timor Leste, Brunei
I: Japan, Malaysia*, Vietnam, Macau
J: China*, Laos, Singapore, Mongolia
1 team from each group and top 5 runner up will join host Qatar in the 2016 edition of this tournament.
Players born on or after 1 January 1993 are eligible to compete in the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship.